crus
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Meadows calls the domaine’s namesake wine an aggregator of the top qualities of all the grands crus, Burgundy’s top-tier vineyards, forming a mystical combination of aromatics and liquid silk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
The wine list ranged from grand crus to top producers’ “basic” Bourgognes, at prices close to or below U.S. retail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025
The southern part of the region and some smaller pockets of vineyards straddling the crus make up the larger appellations of Beaujolais and Beaujolais Villages, where the bulk of the region’s wine is produced.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022
At the top were the grand crus, the glorious few in which the distinctive character of the vineyards transcended all other categories.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2022
The pars media is the smallest of the three heads and lies on the medial surface of the crus.
From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by William B. Stallcup
There are also special bundles of muscle fibers extending from the crura of the diaphragm and surrounding the esophagus, which contribute to tonic closure in the same way that a pinch-cock closes a rubber tube.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
Localised hæmorrhages also occur, although less frequently, in the crura cerebri, the pons, the floor of the fourth ventricle, and the cerebellum.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
A part of the brain formed by the union of the crura cerebri and cerebelli.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter
Anatomical studies have corroborated this finding by demonstrating a definite sphincteric mechanism consisting of muscle bands springing from the crura of the diaphragm and surrounding the esophagus at the under surface of the hiatus.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
The longitudinal fibres ascend from the medulla oblongata and leave the pons by emerging from its upper surface as fibres of the two crura cerebri.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
